Order made by the Secretary of State for the Environment and laid before Parliament under sections 134, 135 and 141 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
1998 No.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 1998
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 134, 135 and 141 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 26 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 19801, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations in England (Area and Constitution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1998.
Urban development area2.
(1)
Articles 2 and 3 of each of the following Orders are hereby revoked—
(a)
the Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19922;
(b)
the Black Country Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19873;
(c)
the London Docklands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19804;
(d)
the Merseyside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19805;
(e)
the Plymouth Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19936;
(f)
the Teesside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19877;
(g)
the Trafford Park Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19868; and
(h)
the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 19879.
(2)
The following Orders are hereby revoked—
(a)
the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 198810;
(b)
the London Docklands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 198111; and
(c)
the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 198812.
(3)
So much of the Orders listed in paragraph (1) above as has not previously been revoked shall be revoked with effect from 1st July 1998.
Vesting orders3.
The Orders listed in the Schedule to this Order shall be revoked with effect from 1st July 1998.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
R. G. Caborn
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
SCHEDULERevocation of Vesting Orders
The Black Country Development Corporation
1.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Sandwell) Order 198813.
2.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Walsall) Order 198814.
3.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 198815.
4.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Central Electricity Generating Board) Order 198816.
5.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 198817.
6.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Steel Corporation) Order 198818.
7.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Walsall) Order 198919.
8.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 198920.
9.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 198921.
10.
The Black Country Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Central Electricity Generating Board) Order 198922.
The Bristol Development Corporation
11.
The Bristol Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 198923.
The Leeds Development Corporation
12.
The Leeds Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 198924.
13.
The Leeds Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 198925.
The London Docklands Development Corporation
14.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of London Authority) Order 198126.
15.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Greater London Council) Order 198127.
16.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Newham London Borough Council) Order 198128.
17.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Southwark London Borough Council) Order 198129.
18.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Greater London Council No. 2) Order 198130.
19.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Tower Hamlets London Borough Council) Order 198131.
20.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Greater London Council and Southwark London Borough Council) Order 198232.
21.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of London Authority and London Borough of Newham) Order 198933.
22.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Thames Water Authority) Order 198934.
23.
The London Docklands Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (London Borough of Southwark) Order 198935.
The Merseyside Development Corporation
24.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 198136.
25.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Local Authorities) Order 198137.
26.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company) Order 198138.
27.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company No. 2) Order 198139.
28.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company No. 3) Order 198140.
29.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (General) Order 198941.
30.
The Merseyside Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Transport Land) Order 198942.
The Sheffield Development Corporation
31.
The Sheffield Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 198943.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation
32.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of Tyne Authority) Order 198844.
33.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Coal Corporation) Order 198845.
34.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Shipbuilders and British Steel Corporation) Order 198846.
35.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (City of Newcastle upon Tyne) Order 198847.
36.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Various Local Authorities) Order 198848.
37.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Borough of Sunderland) Order 198849.
38.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive) Order 198850.
39.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Port of Tyne Authority and British Railways Board) Order 198951.
40.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (Various Local Authorities) Order 198952.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Orders which designated the urban development areas in Birmingham Heartlands, the Black Country, London Docklands, Merseyside, Plymouth, Teesside, Trafford Park, and Tyne and Wear and which established urban development corporations for those areas. Articles 2 and 3 of each of those Orders, which designated the areas, are revoked from 3rd April 1998 and the remainder is revoked from 1st July 1998 (article 2(1) and (3)).
This Order also revokes, from 3rd April 1998, the Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988, the London Docklands Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1981 and the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988, which altered the extent of the Merseyside, London Docklands and Black Country urban development areas respectively (article 2(2)).
This Order also revokes, from 1st July 1998, Orders which vested land in the urban development corporations in England (article 3 and the Schedule).